before, I knew the way

Lyrics

[INTRO | CLOSE VOCAL, SOFT PIANO] oh eh oh eh [VERSE 1] something started feeling different little distances appeared i could hear it in the answers i could feel it getting near so i learned to read the silence then pretend i read it wrong every part of me was frightened every part still holding on [CHORUS] and once the line was crossed there was nothing left to say i knew it in my body before i knew the way [BG VOX:] oh eh [INSTRUMENTAL | PIANO, DISTANT GUITAR] [VERSE 2] i kept finding better versions of the things i could have done gave you room when you were leaving moved towards you when you’d gone i made changes without asking if the changing should be mine thought if i could love this better we could pull it back in time [BUILD | LOW DRUM ENTERS] and for a while i nearly believed it you came closer i let you in we had something we could still save and i believed you when you said— [BREAK | SILENCE] [CHORUS] we walked through the echoes of our fears and found the path that once was clear your heartbeat in my chest, a steady drum we held the line until the storm was done [BRIDGE] every whispered promise, every broken vow the weight of words that never made it out but in the quiet, we found a new refrain a softer truth that broke the pain [CHORUS] and once the line was crossed there was nothing left to say i knew it in my body before i knew the way [OUTRO | PAUSED PIANO, FADING VOICE] oh eh oh eh the silence grew, a final breath the song ends, but the heart still stays next.